Where does “casebook” come from?

Casebook derives from case (Latin casus, "falling" or "occurrence") and book (Old English bōc), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to fall" and "beech tree."

casebook (English): A collection of stories or accounts that can...

Definitions

  1. A collection of stories or accounts that can...

Ancestry of “casebook”, step by step

casebook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English book

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbookA collection of sheets of paper bound together to...
2Middle Englishbookebook; Alternative form of bouk
3Old Englishbōcbeech; book
4Proto-Germanicbōk—
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via English case

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaseAn actual event, situation, or fact; A given...
2Middle Englishcascase
3Old Frenchcasan event
4Latincāsus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →